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42200:HEPATITIS A VIRUS ANTIBODY, TOTAL (ANTI-HAV, TOTAL) | |||||||||
Alias Names: | HAV | ||||||||
Methodology: | Chemiluminescence (CL) | ||||||||
Edit Date: | 11/14/2009 | ||||||||
Performed: | Daily | ||||||||
Released: | Same day as tested | ||||||||
CPT Code: | 86708 | ||||||||
Specimen Collection Details | |||||||||
Collection: | One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). Also acceptable: One 5 mL red top tube. Patients need not fast and no special preparations are necessary | ||||||||
Handling: | Allow to clot, centrifuge and immediately separate serum from cells. Refrigerate.Freeze if specimen cannot be assayed within 48 hours. Allow no more than two freeze/thaw cycles. If multiple tests are ordered, send separate specimen for this test. | ||||||||
Standard Volume: | 2 mL serum. | ||||||||
Minimum Volume: | 1 mL serum. | ||||||||
Transport: | Refrigerated, or frozen on dry ice. | ||||||||
Comments: | Primary use is to determine previous exposure to hepatitis A virus. Increasing titers of anti-HAV in sequential patient specimens may indicate ongoing hepatitis. Useful in determining immune status or for epidemiological studies. | ||||||||
Rejection Criteria: | Gross hemolysis; gross lipemia; heat-inactivated specimens; refrigerated specimen received in laboratory more than 48 hours after collection. |
Reference Range: | |||||||||||||||||||
Negative. | |||||||||||||||||||